“Apple’s App Store claimed explosive growth in 2009, with more than 100,000 applications and 2 billion downloads by November. That expansion has led to something of a recent crackdown on Apple’s part, with the company taking a more aggressive stance about weeding out useless or fraudulent mobile applications,” eWeek reports. “Even so, the sheer number of programs available occasionally makes it difficult to decide which apps will actually fit your wants and needs, particularly within a business context.”
To help you out, the following presentation details eWEEK’s choices of 2009’s best iPhone apps for IT administrators, road warriors, shoppers, and those who just want to use their iPhone to find the cheapest gas or best music, or make free phone calls via Skype. Which is to say, there’s a little something here for everyone.
eWeek’s Top 20 iPhone Apps of 2009:
• Skype (free)
• NYTimes (free)
• Amazon Mobile (free)
• Bump (free)
• Facebook (free)
• Google Mobile (free)
• Google Earth (free)
• Kindle for iPhone (free)
• Network Admin (US$5.99)
• WinAdmin ($11.99)
• Pandora Radio (free)
• Bloomberg (free)
• iXpenseIt ($4.99)
• Oracle Business Indicators (free)
• FTP On The Go ($9.99)
• FlightTrack ($4.99)
• Go Green (free)
• Cheap Gas (free)
• Salesforce.com Mobile (free)
• Remote Desktop Lite (free)
Full article here.
MacDailyNews Note: North Americans should check out Magellan RoadMate 2010 North America ($59.99 thru Jan. 3, then $99.99). Magellan provided us with the app and we’re still testing it, but we like it so far.